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well as
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it relates to family law in particular i
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am often fielded the question
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why do you do this it’s a very emotional
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very difficult very dichotomous area of
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the law
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and people often wonder why do you
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choose this as your profession
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and one of the biggest reasons is
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because i do find it so rewarding and
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the biggest reward is that
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i get to meet with a client at their
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lowest moment at their darkest moment
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when they’re the most confused
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where everything in their life is at
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stake their children
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their home their retirement everything
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that they’ve worked for
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is at stake and they’re coming to me for
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help and
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although that is a very dark and low
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moment my
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job is to help a client through each
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stage of that
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and to see them through to the other
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side where it’s brighter
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where they have a resolution and where
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they can start fresh and move on with
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their lives
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and to see the difference in a client’s
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eyes
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and just the way that they hold
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themselves their demeanor
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you can see the weight of the world
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lifted from
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day one meeting to the time that we get
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a final judgment or resolution
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and that is the most rewarding part and
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that’s what makes all of this
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so worthwhile again it is very difficult
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and
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day-to-day is a challenge to get through
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all this but
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to help guide our clients through that
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is what makes
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the practice of family law so rewarding
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and that’s why i do this
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i have had the benefit of working with
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and i might be biased but what i what i
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feel and what i’ve seen to be some of
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the most well respected
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and excellent family law attorneys in
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san diego most recently i worked with
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an attorney for close to 10 years she
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is a wonderful and again well-respected
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attorney and one of the greatest things
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that i learned from her
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aside from you know the the practice of
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law
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and the the skill set is
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civility and that may seem like a simple
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concept
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but it’s not always in the forefront of
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all of the cases that we see
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but at the same time it is essential to
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both moving our cases forward and moving
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the practice of family law and family
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law in san diego in particular forward
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and civility towards opposing counsel
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towards their staff
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towards opposing parties even though we
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might not like them all the time
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the courtroom staff sometimes i think
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attorneys underestimate the value of
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having a good relationship
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and having that civility and respect
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towards the judge’s staff
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because all of that goes back to your
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judge and your judge sees all of that
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and so just having that decorum and
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civility and respect toward everyone
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that you’re dealing with
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throughout this practice will go a long
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way
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and again all of it goes back to your
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judge and of course if we’re having the
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trier of fact
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decide what’s going on in our clients
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cases it’s important for him or her
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to understand and acknowledge that us as
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attorneys are respectful
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of the people that we are working with
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again it helps us on a day-to-day basis
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just
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with the craziness of a family law
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practice as well as helping our clients
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cases advance
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because of the reputation that you
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develop by being
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a civil and respectful attorney again it
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sounds simple
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but it goes a very very long way